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Making Music on an iPad with Garageband

Posted on March 31st, 2011   No Comments   |   Hagop Tchaparian

In this video Hagop Tchaparian and Scott James show how you can make music on and iPad with Garageband and a few pieces of equipment from[...]

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Recording
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Don’t Let Your Album Turn Into a Megaproject

Posted on March 25th, 2011   3 Comments   |   Jessi Frey

Heathrow Airport is one of the busiest airports in the world. In order to increase its capacity Heathrow needed a new terminal. The new terminal 5[...]

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Are You an Artist, or Just Someone Who Plays Music?

Posted on March 21st, 2011   15 Comments   |   Scott James

Many of us use the term ‘independent artist’ or ‘recording artist’ to describe ourselves, but are we really artists, or are we just people who play[...]

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Artistry
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5 Important Considerations To Make Before Entering The Studio

Posted on March 18th, 2011   1 Comment   |   Guest

Jon Ostrow (@miccontrol) is the cofounder of MicControl, a music blogging community that bridges the gap between musicians[...]

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Making the Case for Cover Songs

Posted on March 16th, 2011   5 Comments   |   Butch Ross

Years and years ago I went to see a band on what turned out to be their farewell gig. I didn’t know that at the time:[...]

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Music
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Quality Counts

Posted on March 9th, 2011   4 Comments   |   Lance Dean

There’s a phrase you hear bandied about sometimes during recording sessions – “We’ll fix it in the mix.” Afterward while amongst themselves, engineers will translate this[...]

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Unsigned Acts and Drawing Fans

Posted on March 8th, 2011   10 Comments   |   Professor Pooch

With all the countless forms of popular multimedia entertainment and amusement surrounding us nowadays, why would anyone[...]

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Live Performance
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Is Your Live Show Remarkable?

Posted on February 12th, 2010   1 Comment   |   Scott James

If you want to grow your audience to your full potential then you’d have to expect that you’ll need people to talk about you. The question[...]

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